California Court of Appeal - Opinion Summaries

Anchor Pacifica Management Co. v. Green

Government Benefits, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an unlawful detainer action brought by a management company operating a senior apartment complex developed with assistance from a local...

Personal Court Reporters, Inc. v. Rand

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Sanctions
In an action for breach of contract and common counts brought by a provider of court reporting services: 1) the trial court's order denying the...

Sierra Club v. Napa County Board of Supervisors

Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a challenge by the Sierra Club to the adoption by a county board of supervisors of a clarifying lot line adjustment ordinance, judgment in favor of...

In re M.L.

Family Law, Juvenile Law
A juvenile court order dismissing a county social services agency's section 387 petition and placing a child with her grandparents is reversed, and an...

Salmon Protection and Watershed Network v. County of Marin

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Water Law
In a peition action challenging the adequacy of an environmental impact report, the trial court's judgment dismissing a complaint in intervention is...

Collins v. City of Los Angeles

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Government Law
In a class action against a city, seeking to recover part of the amounts the city had billed the plaintiffs for DUI emergency response costs, the...

In re Kaylee H.

Family Law, Juvenile Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
A juvenile court order terminating a guardianship and granting a dependency petition is reversed, where: 1) the juvenile court abused its discretion...

In re Jordan R.

Juvenile Law, Evidence, Family Law
In dependency proceedings concerning two children of a man accused of sexually abusing a niece who was living in the family home: 1) orders...

Bankhead v. ArvinMeritor, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Remedies, Sanctions
In an asbestos personal injury case, a punitive damages award is affirmed, where: 1) there is no legal requirement that punitive damages must be...

In re Alexis S.

Family Law, Juvenile Law
Dispositional orders detaining boys from their father's physical custody and requiring visitation to be monitored are reversed to that extent, where:...